Tool to assess jailed terrorists before release criticised as unreliable and prejudicial to Muslims

Offenders may be kept in prison after serving sentence, but wrongly made order almost always amounts to arbitrary detention', rights group argues

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A tool used by authorities to assess the risk posed by convicted terrorists before their release from prison is unreliable and should be investigated, the Australian Human Rights Commission and a peak body for Muslims have argued.

The Violent Extremism Risk Assessment 2 Revised, known as VERA-2R, is used to measure the threat posed by extremists, often when considering whether they will be subject to strict court orders once their prison sentence is completed.

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